Y USUF M. ADAMJEE

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E D U CAT I O N & R E S E A RC H

MOI UNIVERSITY Kenya

Bachelor of Technology (BTech) Civil and Structural Engineering

SCHOLARLY / RESEARCH ACTIVITY

Structural report on the deformation of veranda canopy roof at the old dispensary building in

Stone Town, Zanzibar (Report Checked and Approved by Eng. Abuzar Salem ERB No.766)

Design of a low technical wastewater management system for small rural communities in

Kenya (Academic final year report)

VOLUNTEER/INTERNSHIP EXPERIENCE

Volunteer, May 1999 – August 1999

Crescent Construction Co Ltd- Kenya – Rehabilitation of A1 highway between Mombasa and Nairobi, Kenya

Site Internship, May 2001 – August 2001

S.S Mehta & Sons – Kenya – Rehabilitation of Local Council roads within Mombasa City, Kenya

Design Office Internship, May 2002 – August 2002

Mangat I.B Patel & Partners – Audit of water usage against volume supplied to establish loss of water along supply lines for

Eldoret town, Kenya.

Professional Experience

king’s developers ltd – nairobi, kenya

Project Manager Construction, August 2009 to April 2014

• Project Preliminary Stage:

Assist client in selecting the best professional team to design the project (architects, structural and

civil engineers, Quantity Surveyor, Mechanical and Electrical Engineers) and making a contractual

agreement with them.

Make a review of project scope and schedule the project with respect to project budget and project

time frame.

Make recommendations during design phase, and coordinate with relevant authorities for approvals

for the construction (local government and environmental regulatory bodies)

Prepare tender documents and submit to contractors to bid competitively for the work

Oversee with the help of Quantity Surveyor of appointing the best contractor for the proposed works.

• Project Construction Stage:

Develop Gantt charts to establish time lines and critical path scheduling where necessary as well as

financial budget for the project based on the timelines (monthly)

Formalize contractual agreement with contractors and project developers.

Coordinate site meetings with professionals, developers and contractors to monitor progress of works.

To ensure construction work on the ground is as per approved drawings. Make daily site visits

whereby work progress is checked, issues raised on site are sorted out and further recommendations

are made to the client which reflect positively on delivery time and budget.

Prepare weekly progress reports on work, monthly reports on material consumed and delivered to site.

Overall planning of activities concerned with the construction project.

• Project completion and Handover:

To ensure proper completion of works at the right time a snag list is prepared from where all minor

defects are eliminated.

Coordinate that minor problems are solved before client takes possession of the development; and

ensures these problems are resolved within the stipulated post construction time frame

Projects Attached to:

Muthama Heights, Nairobi – 48 semi-detached massionnates each 2,000ft2 floor area. Project value $2.5M

and estimated completion period 15 months; completed within 13.5months

360 Court Apartments Phase1, Nairobi – 384Nos - 2 bedroom apartment units divided in 7 blocks with a

commercial centre. Each unit had a floor area of 1000ft2. Project cost was $7M and estimated completion

time was 18months; project completed in 18 months.

360 Court Apartments Phase 2A, Nairobi – 186Nos – 3 bedroom apartment units of 1,500ft2 each divided in

eight blocks. Project cost $6.5M. Project estimated time of completion was 15months but was finished in

16months.

MARKAN CONSULTANTS LTD – NAIROBI, KENYA ;

Design Engineer – Steel and Concrete Structures May 2009 – January 2014

Scope of Works

• General scope of work include reinforced concrete design of slabs, beam and columns,

Structural steel design of portal frames, preparing design briefs for approval from Local Council and site

inspections. All designs worked in PROKON software.

Projects Attached to:

• Structural steel design for proposed godowns for Timsales in Nairobi

• Structural steel design for proposed godowns for ECS in Nairobi

• Bungalow and town house structural designs for Jambo Properties

• Multi-storeyed apartment structural design for M/s Mutha

ZENITH STEEL FABRICATORS – NAIROBI, KENYA

Projects Engineer September 2007 – April 2009

Scope of Works

General scope of work include meeting clients, developing quotations for clients based on their requirements,

design of steel structures including design of portal rafters, steel columns and beams; checking drawings and

managing projects which includes developing time schedules, raising certificates at every stage as per agreed

on contract and coordinating between design office and fabrication workshop that steel is fabricated and

delivered in the quickest and efficient way within the proposed time frame.

Projects Attached to:

Project managing including design, fabrication and erection steel structure for proposed African Queen

Plaza, Juba South Sudan (Project Value $3M)

Project managing proposed office block and residential flats for Kego Investments Ltd – Kampala,

Uganda (Project Value $2.3M)

Project managing of proposed twin span godowns for Timsales Nairobi, Kenya (Project Value $2.4M)

Producing shop drawings, fabrication and erection of steel roof trusses for proposed KARI offices and

laboratories in Thika, Kenya

Design and project managing for Proposed Product Handling Facility at Kajiado, Kenya for Magadi

Soda Company (Project Value $7.5M)

Project managing including producing shop drawings, fabrication and erection of structural steel roof

structure for proposed office development for Copy Cat Ltd, Nairobi Kenya (Overall Project Value

$6.8M)

Making quotations.

SALEM CONSTRUCTION CO. LTD – ZANZIBAR, TANZANIA

Site Engineer July 2005 – August 2007

Projects Attached to:

Zanzibar Sanitation and Drainage Programme –

Project funded by KfW (German); the clients were Zanzibar Municipal Council and Gauff Inginuere were the

project consultants.

The scope of work involved casting concrete access structures (small bridges, box culverts

and pipe culverts) across open drain channels at various locations of the Municipality. My

responsibility under this project was the project engineer, coordinating and executing works

between the team on the ground and the project consultants

Proposed Dolphin View Paradise Resort –

A turnkey project involving structural designing and construction of 30 villa units, a main resort centre, staff

quarters, fitness center, swimming pool and spa and wellness centre in Zanzibar. The design and construction

of civil works (water supply lines, sewer lines, storm water drainage and internal roads and walkways).

My responsibility was designing and making working drawings on AutoCAD for the water supply system,

sewer system, walkways and main road. I also made structural working drawings for reinforced slab and beam

members.

The following were design and build projects where my main responsibilities were in issuing material

schedules, making working drawings using AutoCAD, negotiating labor subcontracts and authorizing payment

certificates. The projects were:

Proposed expansion works at Sunset Bay Hotel – Zanzibar

Proposed construction of Matemwe Beach Bungalows - Zanzibar

Proposed godown, residential house and office building for Zanzibar Gallery Ltd – Design and build project

involving three storied godown and residential house and two storied office building in Zanzibar. I carried out

structural design and made working drawings of columns, beams, slab and staircase, made material schedule,

negotiated labor sub-contracts and authorized payment certificates.

Erection of 12m, 24m, 36m and 50m high mobile telephony towers for ZANTEL Tanzania and construction of

service buildings in Zanzibar, Pemba and Dar-es Salaam. My main responsibility involved site supervision and

management, making material schedule, supervision of works and negotiating labour sub-contract and

authorizing payment certificates.

S.S MEHTA & SONS – MOMBASA, KENYA

Site Agent May 2003 – June 2005

Projects Attached to:

Kipevu valley protection works, KENGEN hill slope stabilization and resurfacing of Kipevu Gate

No.18 – Changamwe round-about road and all internal roads at the Port of Mombasa;

Construction of container yard at Changamwe including gabion slope protection, drainage works, soil

stabilization and surfacing using pre-cast concrete paving blocks;

Rehabilitation of taxiway and runway at the Moi International Airport – Mombasa.

In all these projects my responsibilities included supervision of works, planning and organizing the site and the

works. I made the technical report for the project as part of the tender bid document and carried out cost

analysis for each activity in the Bills of Quantities which assisted in filling the rates for the project.

COMPUTER SOFTWARES

I am conversant with the following engineering and office software

AUTOCAD

OASYS – Structural analysis software

MS Office (MS WORD/EXCEL/POWERPOINT/OUTLOOK)

PROKON - Structural analysis software

MS Project

certification

ISO 9001:2008 organization system trained

Undergoing OSHA 10 training

Undertaking PMP certification course

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